Diagnosis assistance apparatus, diagnosis assistance method, diagnosis assistance program, bodily information measurement apparatus

ABSTRACT

A diagnosis assistance apparatus, a diagnosis assistance method, a diagnosis assistance program, and a bodily information measurement apparatus, assist diagnosis by outputting information that is useful for the diagnosis. A bodily information measurement apparatus includes a data acquisition unit that acquires data for analysis in which bodily information measured from a measurement subject and position information of the measurement subject at the time of measuring the bodily information are associated; an index generation unit that, based on bodily information associated with position information that is included in the data and belongs to multiple pieces of pre-registered location information, generates numerical value indices for determining a bodily state of the measurement subject with respect to the respective pieces of location information; and an output unit that performs output based on the numerical value indices generated for the multiple pieces of location information.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a diagnosis assistance apparatus, adiagnosis assistance method, a diagnosis assistance program, and abodily information measurement apparatus.

BACKGROUND ART

Bodily information such as blood pressure and pulse rate can be utilizedin diagnosis by using continuous information measured over a somewhatlong period. The techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 aretechniques for storing continuously-measured bodily information inassociation with other information.

Patent Document 1 discloses a system in which an apparatus provided witha pulse sensor that can continuously acquire bodily informationtransfers the bodily information detected by the pulse sensor to amonitoring computer, in association with position information of theapparatus. According to this system, by operating the monitoringcomputer, it is possible to find out that the bodily information of thepatient has suddenly changed, the location of the patient whose bodilyinformation suddenly changed, and the like, for example.

Patent Document 2 discloses a mobile telephone that includes a bodilyinformation acquisition unit and a position information acquisitionunit, and stores the bodily information measured by the bodilyinformation acquisition unit and the position information measured bythe position information acquisition unit in association with eachother. According to this mobile telephone, it is possible to obtain logdata in which the bodily information and the position information areassociated with each other, and therefore it is possible to performhighly-accurate health management.

CITATION LIST Patent Literature

Patent Document 1: JP 2012-152374A

Patent Document 2: JP 2008-229092A

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Although Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose that the bodily informationand position information are stored in association with each other,there is no mention of how to use this stored information. It is noteasy to obtain information that is useful for diagnosis performed by adoctor by simply storing the bodily information and the positioninformation in association with each other.

One or more embodiments of the present invention has been made in viewof the foregoing circumstances and aims to provide a diagnosisassistance apparatus, a diagnosis assistance method, a diagnosisassistance program, and a bodily information measurement apparatusincluding a diagnosis assistance apparatus, according to which it ispossible to assist diagnosis by outputting information that is usefulfor diagnosis.

Therefore, a diagnosis assistance apparatus according to one or moreembodiments of the present invention includes: a data acquisition unitconfigured to acquire data in which bodily information measured from ameasurement subject and position information of the measurement subjectat the time of measuring the bodily information are associated; an indexgeneration unit configured to, based on the bodily informationassociated with the position information that is included in the dataand belongs to a plurality of pieces of pre-registered locationinformation, generate numerical value indices for determining a bodilystate of the measurement subject with respect to the respective piecesof location information; and an output unit configured to perform outputbased on the numerical value indices generated for the plurality ofpieces of location information.

A bodily information measurement apparatus according to one or moreembodiments of the present invention includes: the diagnosis assistanceapparatus; a bodily information measurement unit configured to measurethe bodily information; a position information acquisition unitconfigured to acquire the position information; and a storage unitconfigured to store the data in which the bodily information and theposition information acquired by the position information acquisitionunit at the time of measuring the bodily information are associated,wherein the data acquisition unit acquires the data from the storageunit.

A diagnosis assistance method according to one or more embodiments ofthe present invention includes: a data acquisition step of a computeracquiring data in which bodily information measured from a measurementsubject and position information of the measurement subject at the timeof measuring the bodily information are associated; an index generationstep of a computer generating, based on bodily information associatedwith the position information that is included in the data and belongsto a plurality of pieces of pre-registered location information,numerical value indices for determining a bodily state of themeasurement subject with respect to the respective pieces of locationinformation; and an information output step of a computer outputtinginformation based on the numerical value indices generated for theplurality of pieces of location information.

A diagnosis assistance program according to one or more embodiments ofthe present invention includes: a step of acquiring data in which bodilyinformation measured from a measurement subject and position informationof the measurement subject at the time of measuring the bodilyinformation are associated; a step of generating, based on bodilyinformation associated with the position information that is included inthe data and belongs to a plurality of pieces of pre-registered locationinformation, numerical value indices for determining a bodily state ofthe measurement subject with respect to the respective pieces oflocation information; and a step of outputting information based on thenumerical value indices generated for the plurality of pieces oflocation information.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, it ispossible to provide a diagnosis assistance apparatus, a diagnosisassistance method, a diagnosis assistance program, and a bodilyinformation measurement apparatus including a diagnosis assistanceapparatus, according to which it is possible to assist diagnosis byoutputting info′ nation that is useful for diagnosis.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a bodilyinformation measurement apparatus 100 for illustrating an embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a control unit 1 shown in FIG.1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing data stored in a storage unit 6 shown inFIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of numerical value indicesgenerated by the control unit 1 shown in FIG. 1 for each piece oflocation information.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for illustrating operations during a diagnosisassistance mode of the control unit 1 shown in FIG. 1.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described withreference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a bodilyinformation measurement apparatus 100 for illustrating an embodiment ofthe present invention.

The bodily information measurement apparatus 100 includes a control unit1 that performs overall control, a bodily information measurement unit2, a position information acquisition unit 3, a display unit 4, anoperation unit 5, and a storage unit 6.

The bodily information measurement unit 2 measures bodily informationsuch as blood pressure information (systolic blood pressure value,diastolic blood pressure value, pulse pressure, and the like) and apulse rate of a measurement subject using a known configuration.

The bodily information measurement unit 2 can employ a configuration inwhich the blood pressure information and pulse rate are measured with anoscillometric method in which a cuff is used, or a configuration inwhich the blood pressure information and pulse rate are measured bypressing a pressure pulse wave sensor disclosed in JP 2004-113368A, JPH02-261421A, JP H07-124130A, JP H01-242031A, and the like onto a radialartery.

The bodily information measurement unit 2 continuously measures thebodily information at a pre-determined timing and transfers the measuredbodily information to the control unit 1 in association with themeasurement time.

The position information acquisition unit 3 acquires positioninformation (e.g., latitude and longitude) of the bodily informationmeasurement apparatus 100 at the point in time when the bodilyinformation was measured by the bodily information measurement unit 2,and transfers the acquired position information to the control unit 1 inassociation with the time.

For example, the position information acquisition unit 3 includes a GPS(Global Positioning system) receiver and acquires position informationreceived by the GPS receiver. The position information acquisition unit3 need only be able to acquire the position information of the bodilyinformation measurement apparatus 100, and for example, the positioninformation may be acquired through estimation based on information oncommunication with a base station through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (registeredtrademark). Alternatively, communication may be enabled between thebodily information measurement apparatus 100 and an electronic device (asmartphone or the like) having a function of acquiring positioninformation, and the position information acquisition unit 3 of thebodily information measurement apparatus 100 may acquire the positioninformation by requesting that the electronic device transmits theposition information.

The control unit 1 stores the bodily information transferred from thebodily information measurement unit 2 in the storage unit 6 inassociation with the position information that was transferred from theposition information acquisition unit 3 and is associated with timeinformation that is the same as the time information associated with thebodily information.

The display unit 4 is for displaying various types of information, suchas the measured bodily information, and is constituted by liquid crystalor the like, for example.

The operation unit 5 is an interface for inputting instruction signalsto the control unit 1, and is constituted by buttons for instructing thestart of various operations, including measurement of the bodilyinformation.

The storage unit 6 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) for storingprograms and data for causing the control unit 1 to performpredetermined operations, a RAM (Random Access Memory) serving as a workmemory, a flash memory for storing various types of informationincluding data (hereinafter referred to as data for analysis) in whichthe bodily information, the position information, and the timeinformation are associated, and the like.

Location information indicating designated locations such as themeasurement subject's home, the measurement subject's workplace, and ahospital that the measurement subject goes to can be stored in thestorage unit 6 through operation of the operation unit 5. The locationinformation includes the names of the locations and map information of apredetermined range (e.g., a radius number m) centered about thedesignated locations (home address, workplace address, hospitaladdress).

The control unit 1 executes a diagnosis assistance program stored in theROM of the storage unit 6 and thereby functions as a data acquisitionunit 11, an index generation unit 12, and an output unit 13. The controlunit 1 functions as a diagnosis assistance apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the control unit 1shown in FIG. 1.

The data acquisition unit 11 acquires data for analysis stored in thestorage unit 6.

The index generation unit 12 generates numerical value indices fordetermining the bodily state of the measurement subject with respect toeach piece of location information, based on the bodily informationassociated with the position information that is included in the datafor analysis and belongs to the respective pieces of locationinformation registered in the storage unit 6.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of data for analysis. As shown inFIG. 3, the data for analysis is data in which the bodily information(in FIG. 3, the systolic blood pressure), the position information atthe point in time when the bodily information was measured, and times atwhich the bodily information was measured are associated.

The data for analysis in FIG. 3 shows an example of when the measurementsubject performs an action of staying at home for the period from timet1 to time t4, moving thereafter, staying at work for the period fromtime t6 to time t10, moving thereafter, and staying at a hospital forthe period from time t11 to time t15.

The index generation unit 12 extracts the bodily informationcorresponding to the position information belonging to the locationinformation of the measurement subject's home, which was registered inthe storage unit 6, and calculates a numerical value index correspondingto the location information of the home based on the extracted bodilyinformation.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the index generation unit 12 calculatesthe average value of the blood pressure values B1 to B4 that correspondto the position information G1 to G4 belonging to the locationinformation of the home as a numerical value index for determining thebodily state (here, whether the blood pressure is high or low) of themeasurement subject. According to the size of the numerical value index,it is possible to determine whether or not the measurement subject hashypertension at home.

Similarly, the index generation unit 12 extracts the bodily informationcorresponding to the position information belonging to the locationinformation of the measurement subject's workplace, which was registeredin the storage unit 6, and calculates a numerical value indexcorresponding to the location information of the workplace based on theextracted bodily information.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the index generation unit 12 calculatesthe average value of the blood pressure values B6 to B10 that correspondto the position information G6 to G10 belonging to the locationinformation of the workplace as a numerical value index for determiningthe bodily state of the measurement subject. According to the size ofthe numerical value index, it is possible to determine whether or notthe measurement subject has hypertension at the workplace.

Similarly, the index generation unit 12 extracts the bodily informationcorresponding to the position information belonging to the locationinformation of the hospital that the measurement subject goes to, whichwas registered in advance in the storage unit 6, and calculates anumerical value index corresponding to the location information of thehospital based on the extracted bodily information.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the index generation unit 12 calculatesthe average value of the blood pressure values B12 to B15 thatcorrespond to the position information G12 to G15 belonging to thelocation information of the hospital as a numerical value index fordetermining the bodily state of the measurement subject. According tothe size of the numerical value index, it is possible to determinewhether or not the measurement subject has hypertension at the hospital.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of numerical value indicesgenerated by the index generation unit 12. As shown in FIG. 4, a bloodpressure average value serving as a numerical value index is calculatedfor each registered piece of location information, and the data isstored in the storage unit 6.

The output unit 13 performs output based on the numerical value indicesshown in FIG. 4, which were generated by the index generation unit 12.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for illustrating operations of the bodilyinformation measurement apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1. The bodilyinformation measurement apparatus 100 is provided with a diagnosisassistance mode, and when this mode is set through operation of theoperation unit 5, the operations shown in FIG. 5 are started.Hereinafter, description will be given using a systolic blood pressurevalue as the bodily information.

First, the data acquisition unit 11 of the control unit 1 acquires datafor analysis stored in the storage unit 6 (step S1).

Next, for each piece of location information stored in the storage unit6, the index generation unit 12 of the control unit 1 extracts positioninformation belonging to the location information (position informationincluded in the range set for the location information) and calculatesthe average value of the blood pressure values corresponding to theextracted position information as the numerical value index (step S2).

When the numerical value indices are calculated for each piece oflocation information, the output unit 13 of the control unit 1determines whether or not there is a first numerical value index that isdifferent from the smallest numerical value index by at least a firstthreshold value, among the numerical value indices generated for eachpiece of location information (step S3).

When the result of the determination in step S3 is YES, the output unit13 outputs information for performing notification of the fact that thebodily state of the measurement subject becomes abnormal depending onthe location, which is based on the location information correspondingto the first numerical value index. Examples of methods for outputtingthe information include a method of displaying the information on adisplay unit 4, and a method of printing the information on paper usingan external printer or the like.

For example, if the numerical value indices calculated in step S2 arethose shown in FIG. 4, the minimum value of the numerical value indicesis 120 mmHg. If the first threshold value is 40 mmHg, 160 mmHg is thefirst numerical value index. For this reason, when the result of thedetermination in step S3 is YES, in accordance with the locationinformation of the workplace, which corresponds to 160 mmHg, the outputunit 13 generates information (information indicating the type ofhypertension) indicating that “the measurement subject tends to havehypertension at the workplace”, and causes the display unit 4 to displaythis information. According to this information, a doctor can find outthe type of hypertension of the measurement subject and can utilize thetype in diagnosis.

When the result of the determination in step S3 is NO, the output unit13 causes the display unit 4 to display information indicating that themeasurement subject is not the type of person whose blood pressureincreases (or whose bodily state becomes abnormal) depending on thelocation (step S5). The result of the determination of step S3 being NOindicates a situation in which all of the blood pressure average valuesof each location are about the same, and in this state, it can bedetermined that there is no change in the bodily state depending on thelocation, and therefore the processing of step S5 is performed.

Note that the output unit 13 may cause the display unit 4 to display thenumerical value indices calculated in step S2 along with the locationinformation corresponding to the numerical value indices after step S2,without performing the processing of step S3. Accordingly, the imageshown in FIG. 4 for example is displayed on the display unit 4.

According to this image, the doctor can find out information such aswhether or not the measurement subject is the type of person whose bloodpressure increases depending on the location, and if the measurementsubject is that type of person, what location the measurement subject'sblood pressure increases at, and the doctor can utilize this informationin the diagnosis.

Also, after step S2, the output unit 13 may determine whether or not thenumerical value indices generated for each piece of location informationare at least a second threshold value determined in advance for eachpiece of location information, and based on the determination result,the output unit 13 may cause the display unit 4 to display whether ornot the measurement subject is the type of person whose bodily statechanges depending on the location.

A person with white coat hypertension is a representative example of atype of person whose bodily state changes depending on the location. Inthe diagnostic standard for white coat hypertension, the blood pressurevalue at the hospital is 140 mmHg or more, and the blood pressure valueat home is 135 mmHg or less. For this reason, for example, by settingthe second threshold value determined for the home to 135 mmHg andsetting the second threshold value determined for the hospital to 140mmHg, it is possible to determine whether or not the measurement subjecthas white coat hypertension.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the numerical value index correspondingto the home is less than the second threshold value and the numericalvalue index corresponding to the hospital is less than the secondthreshold value, and therefore it can be determined that the measurementsubject does not have white coat hypertension. In this manner, based onthe numerical value indices for each piece of location information, theoutput unit 13 may generate information for performing notification ofthe fact that the bodily state of the measurement subject becomesabnormal depending on the location based on the location information,and the output unit 13 may output this information to the display unit4.

Note that the output unit 13 may cause the display unit 4 to display theanalysis data obtained in step S1 in the format shown in FIG. 3. Bydisplaying the analysis data in this manner, it is possible to providethe doctor with more information and effective diagnosis assistance canbe realized.

Also, a screen displaying the information shown in FIG. 4 and a screendisplaying the information shown in FIG. 3 may be switched betweenarbitrarily through operation of the operation unit 5. For example, uponperforming a touch operation of a block on which “workplace” is writtenin the state shown in FIG. 4, the data from time t6 to time t10 in FIG.3 is displayed enlarged. Accordingly, it is possible to smoothly checkboth rough information and detailed information, and efficient diagnosisis possible.

The bodily information measured by the bodily information measurementapparatus 100 may be anything as long as it is expected to changedepending on the location, and for example, it may be the pulse.

If the pulse is measured, the index generation unit 12 calculates theaverage values of the pulse measured at each location as the respectivenumerical value indices corresponding to the home, the workplace, andthe hospital. Since arrhythmia is suspected if the average value of thepulse is small, it is possible to use the numerical value indices in thedetermination of whether or not the measurement subject has arrhythmiaby merely viewing the numerical value indices. Also, since there arealso cases where arrhythmia occurs depending on the location due to anautonomic nerve abnormality, it is possible to find the cause ofarrhythmia by viewing the numerical value indices relating to the pulsesfor each location.

Also, the bodily information measured by the bodily informationmeasurement apparatus 100 may be both the blood pressure value and thepulse. Thus, by measuring multiple types of bodily information, thebodily state of the measurement subject that depends on the location canbe determined in a more versatile manner.

In the description above, the average values of the bodily informationwere calculated as the numerical value indices, but the variationamounts of the bodily information may be used as the numerical valueindices.

For example, if the bodily information is the blood pressure value, thedifferences between blood pressure values that correspond to themultiple pieces of position information belonging to a certain piece oflocation information and have adjacent corresponding times arecalculated. Then, it is sufficient that the average value of thedifferences (variation amount of the blood pressure value) is used asthe numerical value index.

By using the variation amount of the bodily information as the numericalvalue index, for example, the doctor can easily find out a location atwhich the variation amount of the blood pressure value becomes large,and can use this information in diagnosis. Also, a similar effect can beobtained also in the case of using the variance of the bodilyinformation as the numerical value index.

Also, the bodily information to be measured may be blood pressure valuesand the pulse, and the numerical value indices for each location may bethe ratio between the amount of variation in the blood pressure valuesmeasured at the location and the amount of variation in the pulsemeasured at that location. By using the ratio between the amounts ofvariation in two pieces of bodily information, it is possible tocalculate an index obtained based on a larger amount of information thanin the case of calculating a numerical value index based on only onepiece of bodily information. For this reason, it is possible to providethe doctor with an index that better reflects the bodily state of themeasurement subject. Here, although the ratio between the variationamounts of the blood pressure values and the pulse was used, it is alsopossible to use the variation amounts of the pulse pressure and thepulse. In other words, the ratio between the respective variationamounts of multiple pieces of bodily information need only be used asthe numerical value index.

It is also possible to use a configuration in which the data acquisitionunit 11, the index generation unit 12, and the output unit 13 of theabove-described control unit 1 are included in an electronic deviceother than the bodily information measurement apparatus 100. In otherwords, the bodily information measurement apparatus 100 may have afunction of storing the data for analysis and the location informationin the storage unit 6, and when the bodily information measurementapparatus 100 is connected to an external computer, the computer mayperform output based on the numerical value indices by functioning asthe data acquisition unit 11, the index generation unit 12, and theoutput unit 13. In this case, the computer functions as a diagnosisassistance apparatus.

It is also possible to provide a program for causing a computer toexecute the steps shown in FIG. 5, which are performed by the controlunit 1 of the present embodiment. Such a program is stored in acomputer-readable non-transitory storage medium.

Examples of this kind of “computer-readable storage medium” includeoptical media such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-ROM), and magnetic storagemedia such as a memory card. Also, this kind of program can be providedby downloading via a network.

The embodiments disclosed herein are to be thought of as exemplary inall ways and in no ways limiting. The scope of the present invention isindicated not by the description above but by the claims, which areintended to encompass meanings equivalent to the claims and allmodifications included in the scope.

As described above, the present specification discloses the followingitems.

The disclosed diagnosis assistance apparatus includes: a dataacquisition unit configured to acquire data in which bodily informationmeasured from a measurement subject and position information of themeasurement subject at the time of measuring the bodily information areassociated; an index generation unit configured to, based on the bodilyinformation associated with the position information that is included inthe data and belongs to a plurality of pieces of pre-registered locationinformation, generate numerical value indices for determining a bodilystate of the measurement subject with respect to the respective piecesof location information; and an output unit configured to perform outputbased on the numerical value indices generated for the plurality ofpieces of location information.

With the disclosed diagnosis assistance apparatus, based on thenumerical value indices generated for the plurality of pieces oflocation information, the output unit outputs information for performingnotification of whether or not the measurement subject is a type ofperson whose bodily state becomes abnormal depending on a location basedon a specific piece of location information.

With the disclosed diagnosis assistance apparatus, the output unitoutputs the numerical value indices generated for the plurality ofpieces of location information, and the location informationcorresponding to the numerical value indices.

With the disclosed diagnosis assistance apparatus, the index generationunit generates an average value of the bodily information associatedwith the plurality of pieces of position information belonging to apiece of location information among the plurality of pieces of locationinformation as the numerical value index for the piece of locationinformation.

With the disclosed diagnosis assistance apparatus, the index generationunit generates a variation amount of the bodily information associatedwith the plurality of pieces of position information belonging to apiece of location information among the plurality of pieces of locationinformation as the numerical value index for the piece of locationinformation.

With the disclosed diagnosis assistance apparatus, the bodily info′nation measured from the measurement subject includes first bodilyinformation and second bodily information, and the index generation unitgenerates a ratio between respective variation amounts of the firstbodily information and the second bodily information associated with theplurality of pieces of position information belonging to a piece oflocation information among the plurality of pieces of locationinformation as the numerical value index.

With the disclosed diagnosis assistance apparatus, the first bodilyinformation is a blood pressure value, and the second bodily informationis a pulse.

With the disclosed diagnosis assistance apparatus, the bodilyinformation is a blood pressure value, a pulse, or a pulse pressure.

The disclosed bodily information measurement apparatus includes: thediagnosis assistance apparatus; a bodily information measurement unitconfigured to measure the bodily information; a position informationacquisition unit configured to acquire the position information; and astorage unit configured to store the data in which the bodilyinformation and the position information acquired by the positioninformation acquisition unit at the time of measuring the bodilyinformation are associated, wherein the data acquisition unit acquiresthe data from the storage unit.

The disclosed diagnosis assistance method includes: a data acquisitionstep of a computer acquiring data in which bodily information measuredfrom a measurement subject and position information of the measurementsubject at the time of measuring the bodily information are associated;an index generation step of a computer generating, based on bodilyinformation associated with the position information that is included inthe data and belongs to a plurality of pieces of pre-registered locationinformation, numerical value indices for determining a bodily state ofthe measurement subject with respect to the respective pieces oflocation information; and an information output step of a computeroutputting information based on the numerical value indices generatedfor the plurality of pieces of location information.

The disclosed diagnosis assistance program is a program for causing acomputer to execute: a step of acquiring data in which bodilyinformation measured from a measurement subject and position informationof the measurement subject at the time of measuring the bodilyinformation are associated; a step of generating, based on bodilyinformation associated with the position information that is included inthe data and belongs to a plurality of pieces of pre-registered locationinformation, numerical value indices for determining a bodily state ofthe measurement subject with respect to the respective pieces oflocation information; and a step of outputting information based on thenumerical value indices generated for the plurality of pieces oflocation information.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, it ispossible to provide a diagnosis assistance apparatus, a diagnosisassistance method, a diagnosis assistance program, and a bodilyinformation measurement apparatus including a diagnosis assistanceapparatus, according to which it is possible to assist diagnosis byoutputting information that is useful for diagnosis.

Although the present invention was described by means of specificembodiments above, the present invention is not limited to theseembodiments, and various modifications are possible without departingfrom the technical idea of the disclosed invention.

The present application claims priority based on Japanese PatentApplication 2015-163544 filed on Aug. 21, 2015, the contents of whichare incorporated herein in their entirety.

REFERENCE NUMERALS LIST

-   -   100 Bodily information measurement apparatus    -   1 Control unit    -   2 Bodily information measurement unit    -   3 Position information acquisition unit    -   6 Storage unit    -   11 Data acquisition unit    -   12 Index generation unit    -   13 Output unit

1. A diagnosis assistance apparatus comprising: a data acquisition unitconfigured to acquire data in which bodily information measured from ameasurement subject and position information of the measurement subjectat the time of measuring the bodily information are associated; an indexgeneration unit configured to, based on the bodily informationassociated with the position information that is included in the dataand belongs to a plurality of pieces of pre-registered locationinformation, generate numerical value indices for determining a bodilystate of the measurement subject with respect to the respective piecesof location information; and an output unit configured to perform outputbased on the numerical value indices generated for the plurality ofpieces of location information, wherein the output unit outputs thenumerical value indices generated for the plurality of pieces oflocation information, and the location information corresponding to thenumerical value indices.
 2. The diagnosis assistance apparatus accordingto claim 1, wherein based on the numerical value indices generated forthe plurality of pieces of location information, the output unit outputsinformation for performing notification of whether or not themeasurement subject is a type of person whose bodily state becomesabnormal depending on a location based on a specific piece of locationinformation.
 3. The diagnosis assistance apparatus according to claim 1,wherein the index generation unit generates an average value of thebodily information associated with the plurality of pieces of positioninformation belonging to a piece of location information among theplurality of pieces of location information as the numerical value indexfor the piece of location information.
 4. The diagnosis assistanceapparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bodily information is ablood pressure value, a pulse, or a pulse pressure.
 5. The diagnosisassistance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unitcauses the numerical value indices and the location informationcorresponding to the numerical value indices to be displayed on adisplay unit, and when a piece of location information among theplurality of pieces of location information is selected on a screen ofthe display unit, the output unit causes the bodily informationassociated with the position information belonging to the piece oflocation information to be displayed on the display unit.
 6. A bodilyinformation measurement apparatus comprising: the diagnosis assistanceapparatus according to claim 1; a bodily information measurement unitconfigured to measure the bodily information; a position informationacquisition unit configured to acquire the position information; and astorage unit configured to store the data in which the bodilyinformation and the position information acquired by the positioninformation acquisition unit at the time of measuring the bodilyinformation are associated, wherein the data acquisition unit acquiresthe data from the storage unit.
 7. A diagnosis assistance apparatuscomprising: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data in whichbodily information measured from a measurement subject and positioninformation of the measurement subject at the time of measuring thebodily information are associated; an index generation unit configuredto, based on the bodily information associated with the positioninformation that is included in the data and belongs to a plurality ofpieces of pre-registered location information, generate numerical valueindices for determining a bodily state of the measurement subject withrespect to the respective pieces of location information; and an outputunit configured to perform output based on the numerical value indicesgenerated for the plurality of pieces of location information, whereinthe index generation unit generates a variation amount of the bodilyinformation associated with the plurality of pieces of positioninformation belonging to a piece of location information among theplurality of pieces of location information as the numerical value indexfor the piece of location information.
 8. A diagnosis assistanceapparatus comprising: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire datain which bodily information measured from a measurement subject andposition information of the measurement subject at the time of measuringthe bodily information are associated; an index generation unitconfigured to, based on the bodily information associated with theposition information that is included in the data and belongs to aplurality of pieces of pre-registered location information, generatenumerical value indices for determining a bodily state of themeasurement subject with respect to the respective pieces of locationinformation; and an output unit configured to perform output based onthe numerical value indices generated for the plurality of pieces oflocation information, wherein the bodily information measured from themeasurement subject includes first bodily information and second bodilyinformation, and the index generation unit generates a ratio betweenrespective variation amounts of the first bodily information and thesecond bodily information associated with the plurality of pieces ofposition information belonging to a piece of location information amongthe plurality of pieces of location information as the numerical valueindex.
 9. The diagnosis assistance apparatus according to claim 8,wherein the first bodily information is a blood pressure value and thesecond bodily information is a pulse.
 10. A diagnosis assistance methodcomprising: a data acquisition step of a computer acquiring data inwhich bodily information measured from a measurement subject andposition information of the measurement subject at the time of measuringthe bodily information are associated; an index generation step of acomputer generating, based on bodily information associated with theposition information that is included in the data and belongs to aplurality of pieces of pre-registered location information, numericalvalue indices for determining a bodily state of the measurement subjectwith respect to the respective pieces of location information; and aninformation output step of a computer outputting information based onthe numerical value indices generated for the plurality of pieces oflocation information, wherein in the information output step, thenumerical value indices generated for the plurality of pieces oflocation information and the location information corresponding to thenumerical value indices are output.
 11. A diagnosis assistance programfor causing a computer to execute: a step of acquiring data in whichbodily information measured from a measurement subject and positioninformation of the measurement subject at the time of measuring thebodily information are associated; a step of generating, based on bodilyinformation associated with the position information that is included inthe data and belongs to a plurality of pieces of pre-registered locationinformation, numerical value indices for determining a bodily state ofthe measurement subject with respect to the respective pieces oflocation information; and a step of outputting the numerical valueindices generated for the plurality of pieces of location informationand the location information corresponding to the numerical valueindices as information based on the numerical value indices generatedfor the plurality of pieces of location information.
 12. A diagnosisassistance method comprising: a data acquisition step of a computeracquiring data in which bodily information measured from a measurementsubject and position information of the measurement subject at the timeof measuring the bodily information are associated; an index generationstep of a computer generating, based on bodily information associatedwith the position information that is included in the data and belongsto a plurality of pieces of pre-registered location information,numerical value indices for determining a bodily state of themeasurement subject with respect to the respective pieces of locationinformation; and an information output step of a computer outputtinginformation based on the numerical value indices generated for theplurality of pieces of location information, wherein in the indexgeneration step, a variation amount of the bodily information associatedwith the plurality of pieces of position information belonging to apiece of location information among the plurality of pieces of locationinformation is generated as the numerical value index for the piece oflocation information.
 13. A diagnosis assistance apparatus comprising: adata acquisition step of a computer acquiring data in which bodilyinformation measured from a measurement subject and position informationof the measurement subject at the time of measuring the bodilyinformation are associated; an index generation step of a computergenerating, based on bodily information associated with the positioninformation that is included in the data and belongs to a plurality ofpieces of pre-registered location information, numerical value indicesfor determining a bodily state of the measurement subject with respectto the respective pieces of location information; and an informationoutput step of a computer outputting information based on the numericalvalue indices generated for the plurality of pieces of locationinformation, wherein the bodily information measured from themeasurement subject includes first bodily information and second bodilyinformation, and in the index generation step, a ratio betweenrespective variation amounts of the first bodily information and thesecond bodily information associated with the plurality of pieces ofposition information belonging to a piece of location information amongthe plurality of pieces of location information is generated as thenumerical value index.
 14. A diagnosis assistance program for causing acomputer to execute: a step of acquiring data in which bodilyinformation measured from a measurement subject and position informationof the measurement subject at the time of measuring the bodilyinformation are associated; a step of generating, based on bodilyinformation associated with the position information that is included inthe data and belongs to a plurality of pieces of pre-registered locationinformation, numerical value indices for determining a bodily state ofthe measurement subject with respect to the respective pieces oflocation information; and a step of outputting information based on thenumerical value indices generated for the plurality of pieces oflocation information, wherein in the index generation step, a variationamount of the bodily information associated with the plurality of piecesof position information belonging to a piece of location informationamong the plurality of pieces of location information is generated asthe numerical value index for the piece of location information.
 15. Adiagnosis assistance program for causing a computer to execute: a stepof acquiring data in which bodily information measured from ameasurement subject and position information of the measurement subjectat the time of measuring the bodily information are associated; a stepof generating, based on bodily information associated with the positioninformation that is included in the data and belongs to a plurality ofpieces of pre-registered location information, numerical value indicesfor determining a bodily state of the measurement subject with respectto the respective pieces of location information; and a step ofoutputting information based on the numerical value indices generatedfor the plurality of pieces of location information, wherein the bodilyinformation measured from the measurement subject includes first bodilyinformation and second bodily information, and in the index generationstep, a ratio between respective variation amounts of the first bodilyinformation and the second bodily information associated with theplurality of pieces of position information belonging to a piece oflocation information among the plurality of pieces of locationinformation is generated as the numerical value index.
 16. The diagnosisassistance apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the index generationunit generates an average value of the bodily information associatedwith the plurality of pieces of position information belonging to apiece of location information among the plurality of pieces of locationinformation as the numerical value index for the piece of locationinformation.
 17. A bodily information measurement apparatus comprising:the diagnosis assistance apparatus according to any one of claim 2; abodily information measurement unit configured to measure the bodilyinformation; a position information acquisition unit configured toacquire the position information; and a storage unit configured to storethe data in which the bodily information and the position informationacquired by the position information acquisition unit at the time ofmeasuring the bodily information are associated, wherein the dataacquisition unit acquires the data from the storage unit.
 18. A bodilyinformation measurement apparatus comprising: the diagnosis assistanceapparatus according to any one of claim 3; a bodily informationmeasurement unit configured to measure the bodily information; aposition information acquisition unit configured to acquire the positioninformation; and a storage unit configured to store the data in whichthe bodily information and the position information acquired by theposition information acquisition unit at the time of measuring thebodily information are associated, wherein the data acquisition unitacquires the data from the storage unit.
 19. A bodily informationmeasurement apparatus comprising: the diagnosis assistance apparatusaccording to any one of claim 4; a bodily information measurement unitconfigured to measure the bodily information; a position informationacquisition unit configured to acquire the position information; and astorage unit configured to store the data in which the bodilyinformation and the position information acquired by the positioninformation acquisition unit at the time of measuring the bodilyinformation are associated, wherein the data acquisition unit acquiresthe data from the storage unit.
 20. A bodily information measurementapparatus comprising: the diagnosis assistance apparatus according toany one of claim 5; a bodily information measurement unit configured tomeasure the bodily information; a position information acquisition unitconfigured to acquire the position information; and a storage unitconfigured to store the data in which the bodily information and theposition information acquired by the position information acquisitionunit at the time of measuring the bodily information are associated,wherein the data acquisition unit acquires the data from the storageunit.